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The opening quote of the 2008 documentary FOODMATTERS reads: “Let thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food” (Hippocrates said that). In the 2010 documentary FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD, a gentleman weighing 429.6 pounds confesses to the camera that he thinks when people look at him that they probably see an angry man, but he says ,“I’m not really angry, I’m just in pain”. He’s in pain because of his food choices.

Some of us here at the AHAA studio have been practicing yoga upwards of 20 years. When we started out, we dabbled: a little bit of Hatha here, some Ashtanga there, a meditation workshop, Kripalu, and so on. Each style of yoga offers something unique. Each teacher’s CV and personality are as similar as falling snowflakes – no matches.

We can all picture the scene: it’s past 9pm on a weekday night when you unlock the door to your dark apartment. You’ve been at work since 6am, you skipped lunch, drank way too many coffees or green teas, you skipped your workout, you didn’t make time to pick up dinner, and now it’s too late to order in. You’re nothing short of irritable, tired and hungry. You open the fridge and there’s leftover brown rice, an almost expired bag of pre-cut/pre-washed/ready-to-eat stir-fry vegetables, and a luxurious unopened can of soda water. You root around your fruit basket and actually smile; a small lime, like a rare emerald, is shining for you. Most people would despair at this point, but not you…